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Obediah Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Obediah: every year it appeared on the national list since 1912, with 226 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
226
Peak year
1954 #3107
Years on the list
39
10-year trend
+31.6%

In the 1950s ·

Popularity history

1912–2025

YearBirthsRank
19935#9749
19975#10354
20025#11959
20075#13852
20086#12154
20105#13719
20127#10460
20155#13507
20178#9453
20195#13585
20206#11606
20217#10490
20237#10506
20246#11950
20255#13364

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

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State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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